Podcasting (creating digital audio recordings for your classroom) is a simple and easy process that only requires minimal equipment - it's cheap! Can you imagine recording a weekly message to your students and parents, putting it on your TeacherWeb (for CCBOE teachers) page, and not having to spend lots of classroom (or personal) funds to do it - no more tape recorders or cassette tapes. All you need is a free program to record/edit/save the file and a computer microphone.
What is podcasting?
  • iPod + broadcast = Podcast
  • A series of digital media files that are downloaded through a website
  • Can be audio or video
  • Audio blogging
  • Shared with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - eliminating the need to continually check a website for new material
  • MP3 audio files and/or video files
  • On-demand recordings that you can listen to at your convenience on your computer, an MP3 player, or other portable device

How can it be used in education?
Check these sites to see how you can use podcasting in education:

What tools do I need?